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Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.

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How do I get started with Magic Online?

Check out the guide to Magic Online.
Which cards are legal?

Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.

You can view the full legal cards list.
How do I find or brew a decklist?

Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.

The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.

Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere

View the full legal cards list
How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?

To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.

To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
How do I enter the league?

Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.

You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.

To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.

Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.

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How do I enter a tournament?

We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.

They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.

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What happens if a card goes above 2¢? How does rotation work? When is the next rotation? How long are cards legal for?

Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.

Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.

Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.

The next rotation is in 6 days, 8 hours.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1120	1867–1853	50.2	19	143	35
Mono Black Aggro	31	38–56	40.4	0	3	1
Heroic	28	23–47	32.9
Mono White Heroic	4	0–1	0.0
Azorius Heroic	15	21–32	39.6
Boros Heroic	5	1–8	11.1
Red Deck Wins	256	559–408	57.8	9	47	8
Goblins	24	15–39	27.8
Tokens	102	157–173	47.6	2	11	3
Selesnya Tokens	10	3–24	11.1
Mono White Tokens	81	147–131	52.9	2	10	3
Mono Green Stompy	121	267–200	57.2	3	21	4
White Weenie	75	112–130	46.3	1	7
Soldiers	32	49–55	47.1	1	6
Warriors	11	9–12	42.9
Selesnya Little Kid	28	44–50	46.8	0	2	1
Selesnya Counters	21	33–36	47.8	0	1	1
Gruul Aggro	27	44–46	48.9	0	4
Merfolk	17	3–29	9.4
Mono Red Swarm	131	220–206	51.6	2	33	6
Artifact Aggro	21	18–37	32.7
Affinity	21	18–37	32.7
Devoid Aggro	2	1–5	16.7
Mono Blue Aggro	6	1–8	11.1
Madness	1	1–4	20.0
Gruul Madness	1	1–4	20.0
Voltron	100	125–180	41.0	0	6	3
Hexproof	23	24–42	36.4	0	1
Boros Auras	8	16–14	53.3	0	1
Equipment Aggro	4	4–9	30.8
Hateful Auras	25	44–39	53.0	0	2	3
Knights	95	179–150	54.4	2	7	9
Cats	10	12–18	40.0	0	1
Mono White Cats	8	10–15	40.0	0	1
Selesnya Cats	2	2–3	40.0
Boros Aggro	3	3–5	37.5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	434–434	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	17–8	68.0
Heroic	8–4	66.7
Azorius Heroic	3–3	50.0
Boros Heroic	4–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	95–125	43.2
Goblins	14–5	73.7
Tokens	33–41	44.6
Selesnya Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	26–39	40.0
Mono Green Stompy	57–58	49.6
White Weenie	37–29	56.1
Soldiers	21–12	63.6
Warriors	4–2	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	10–6	62.5
Selesnya Counters	10–2	83.3
Gruul Aggro	9–10	47.4
Merfolk	7–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	46–47	49.5
Artifact Aggro	5–4	55.6
Affinity	5–4	55.6
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	32–31	50.8
Hexproof	4–8	33.3
Boros Auras	0–2	0.0
Equipment Aggro	3–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	10–12	45.5
Knights	39–50	43.8
Cats	4–5	44.4
Mono White Cats	4–4	50.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Combo	141–75	65.3
Storm	40–13	75.5
Simic Storm	40–13	75.5
Reclamation Storm	40–13	75.5
Reanimator	75–46	62.0
Traditional Reanimator	75–46	62.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	57–41	58.2
Grixis Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Oriss Genesis	4–3	57.1
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	10–10	50.0
Retraction Helix Combo	6–3	66.7
Control	486–577	45.7
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	84–70	54.5
Azorius Control	12–10	54.5
Turbo Fog	8–9	47.1
Izzet Control	26–64	28.9
Mill	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	13–19	40.6
Stax	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	5–6	45.5
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	81–54	60.0
Astral Slide	81–54	60.0
Sultai Control	18–5	78.3
Guildgate Control	195–294	39.9
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Reclamation	34–37	47.9
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	162–147	52.4
Aristocrats	133–133	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	6–3	66.7
Golgari Aristocrats	5–1	83.3
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	110–120	47.8
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Burn	19–13	59.4
Infect	10–1	90.9
Aggro-Control	218–261	45.5
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	49–83	37.1
Azorius Skies	10–19	34.5
Blue Madness	15–13	53.6
Simic Madness	14–11	56.0
Temur Madness	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	76–74	50.7
Izzet Spells	36–35	50.7
Dimir Tempo	17–19	47.2
Combo-Control	8–6	57.1
Burning Vengeance	1–2	33.3
Midrange	393–334	54.1
The Rock	3–2	60.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	2–1	66.7
Blink	9–2	81.8
Graveyard Value	40–17	70.2
Fake-Rack	11–3	78.6
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–2	50.0
Elementals	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	18–9	66.7
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	144–200	41.9
Mono Black Devotion	134–184	42.1
Dimir Midrange	30–25	54.5
Toughness Matters	25–14	64.1
Lifegain Midrange	19–23	45.2
Adventures	7–5	58.3
Orzhov Midrange	4–0	100.0
Neoform	10–7	58.8
Temur Neoform	2–1	66.7
Sultai Neoform	3–2	60.0
UBRG Neoform	2–3	40.0
Ramp	25–19	56.8
Applejacks	7–11	38.9